Gangs of london2 - Pulse Films for Sky Atlantic
GANGS OF LONDON - KILLER LOOKS!
Gangs' costume guru David Wolfe on designing the most stylish show on television - where violence and velour meet in perfect harmony,
"I've murdered a lot of people in my career," begins costume designer David Wolfe, aka Wolfie, about his long history of working on crime TV shows. "But there's a slickness and beauty to Gangs of London. It's almost a balletic style of violence”.
Working on Gangs, you're working in a very artistic medium." Wolfie was tasked with not only developing new looks for the ever-expanding criminal underworld ("The thing with Gangs is there are so many factions; you have to try to remember the characterisations") but also map out the wildly changing fortunes of the major players throughout the tumultuous season. "A lot of the characters may be in a tailored three-piece suit at the beginning of the show, end up in a tracksuit halfway through after they've fallen from grace, and then you see them again in a suit when they've regained their power. There's a massive power shift over who's taking over London, and that creates a very interesting costume challenge for how you dress the characters on their journey."
COSTUME DESIGNER - WOLFIE
GANGS OF LONDON - SKY ATLANTIC
